(SANITIZED)PROBABLE ARMORED DIVISION CHIHSIEN AREA, CHINA

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• Publication Date: October 6, 1969
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2. LOCATION: THE PROBABLE ARMORED DIVISION IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY
OF CHIHSIEN. REGIMENT AND BATTALION SIZED UNITS ARE
LOCATED WITHIN FIVE MAJOR AREAS. THESE FIVE AREAS LETTERED
A THROUGH E ARE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO NUMBERED INSTALLATIONS.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARITY ON THE GRAPHIC, INSTALLATION
NAME, BE NUMBER, LOCATION, (WHERE APPLICABLE) APZD
DESCRIPTION ARE GIVEN IN THE MISSION READOUT.
3. BACKGROUND: AN ARMORED DIVISION HAS TWO ARMORED REGIMENTS, AN INFANTRY
REGIMENT AND AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT. HEADQUARTERS TROOPS
INCLUDE AN ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION AND A NUMBER
OF COMPANY-SIZE SERVICE AND SUPPORT UNITS. THE MAIN ARMORED
VEHICLES OF A DIVISION ARE THE T-34 AND THE T-59 MEDIUM
TANK, JS-2 HEAVY TANK (IN LIMITED NUMBERS), AND THE JSU-122
ASSAULT GUN WITH TWO ARMOR REGIMENTS. A DIVISION'S TANK
STRENGTH IS ABOUT 200, MOST OF WHICH ARE MEDIUM TANKS.
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE IDENTIFICATION OF A
PROBABLE ARMORED DIVISION WITHIN THE PEICHING MILITARY
REGION.
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SOURCE: ORDER OF BATTLE SUMMARY, FOREIGN GROUND FORCES
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AN ARMORED DIVISION HAS A TO&E STRENGTH OF 8,004 MEN,
188 MEDIUM TANKS, TEN HEAVY TANKS, 24 ASSAULT GUNS, 18
ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES, AND SUPPORTING ARTILLERY
AND INFANTRY. A DIVISION CONSISTS OF A HEADQUARTERS AND
STAFF, TWO OR POSSIBLY THREE ARMORED REGIMENTS, AN
INFANTRY REGIMENT, A FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, AN ANTI-
AIRCRAFT WEAPONS BATTALION, AND SUPPORT AND SERVICE UNITS.
EACH ARMORED REGIPaNT HAS A HEADQUARTERS AND STAFF, THREE
MEDIUM TANK BATTALIONS, A HEAVY TANK COMPANY, AN ASSAULT
GUN BATTALION AND SERVICE UNITS. AUTHORIZED EQUIPMENT INCLUDES
94 MEDIUM TANKS, FIVE HEAVY TANKS, THREE ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE
VEHICLES, AND 12 ASSAULT GUNS. THE INFANTRY REGIMENT OF AN
ARMORED DIVISION HAS A TO&E PERSONNEL STRENGTH OF 2,416
AND CONSISTS OF A HEADQUARTERS (WITH STAFF AND SUPPORT
ELEMENTS), TWO INFANTRY BATTALIONS, AND TWO HEAVY WEAPONS
COMPANIES. THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT HAS AN AUTHORIZED
STRENGTH OF 1,094 AND CONSISTS OF A HEADQUARTERS AND STAFF,
SUPPORT ELEMENTS, AND A 67 MM GUN BATTALION AND A 122 MM
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HOWITZER BATTALION, EACH ARMED WITH 12 ARTILLERY PIECES
AND ORGANIZED INTO THREE FIRING BATTERIES. WHEN A THIRD
ARMORED REGIMENT IS ADDED TO THE DIVISION, THE INFANTRY
AND ARTILLERY REGIMENTS ARE INCREASED TO THREE BATTALIONS
EACH. INDEPENDENT ARMORED REGIMENTS ARE ATTACHED ONLY FOR
SPECIFIC MISSIONS AND UPON COMPLETION OF ASSIGNED MISSIONS,
COMMAND REVERTS BACK TO THE HIGHER ECHELON.
SOURCE: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY COMMUNIST CHINA
SECTION 39A, GROUND FORCES, CIA, WASHINGTON D.C. (SEE NEXT
TWO PAGES FOR DIVISION AND REGIMENTAL BREAKDOWN).
5. MISSION READOUT: THIS MISSION REVEALS FIVE GENERAL AREAS OF PROBABLE ARMORED
DIVISION ACTIVITY AS FOLLOWS:
AREA A - IS A REGIMENTAL SIZE AREA CONSISTING OF A PROBABLE REGIMENTAL
HEADQUARTERS/SUPPORT UNIT, FOUR PROBABLE ARMORED BATTALIONS, ONE UNIDENTIFIED
BATTALION, AND AN AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA. THIS ARMORED REGIMENT HAS ITS
HEADQUARTERS AT --
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INSTALLATION 1 -- CHIHSIEN ARMY BARRACKS WEST AL 2, 4.7
NAUTICAL MILES (NM) WEST OF CHIHSIEN AT 40-02-OON 117-17-10E. THIS HEADQUARTERS/
SUPPORT FACILITY CONSISTS OF 18 BARRACKS, TWO MESSHALLS, ONE AUDITORIUM, TWO
VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, ONE SMALL MAINTENANCE BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE SERVICE
RACKS, THREE PROBABLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, NUMEROUS SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS,
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ONE WATERTOWER, AND ONE LARGE PROBABLE BUNKER.
OB -- FOUR zPU-4 (AABMG).
INSTALLATION 2 -- A SECURED PROBABLE ARMORED BATTALION LOCA71ED 0.2 NM
SOUTHWEST OF THE HEADQUARTERS (HQ) AREA. THE AREA CONSISTS OF EIGHT BARRACKS,
ONE MESSHALL, ONE FURNACE BUILDING, ONE SMALL MONITOR-ROOF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE SERVICE RACKS, TWO VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, FIVE
SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND A SUB-CALIBER FIRING RANGE. IMMEDIATELY NORTH IS A
SMALL SECURED AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA CONTAINING FOUR MEDIUM STORAGE BUILDINGS,
TWO SMALL STORAGE SHEDS, AND ONE SUPPORT BUILDING.
OB -- FOUR CANVAS COVERED T-54-TYPE TANKS.
INSTALLATION 3 -- A SECURED ARMORED BATTALION LOCATED 0.3 NM SOUTHEAST
OF THE HEADQUARTERS AREA, CONSISTS OF EIGHT BARRACKS, ONE MESSHALL, FOUR
SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDINGS, ONE MONITOR-ROOF VEHICLE-MAINTENANCE BUILDING,
FOUR VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, ONE POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP, AND TEN
SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
OB -- THREE CANVAS COVERED POSSIBLE T-54-TYPE TANKS (TWO OF WHICH ARE PARKED
ON A SUB-CALIBER FIRING RANGE IMMEDIATELY EAST.)
INSTALLATION it -- A SECURED PROBAPZE ARMORED BATTALION LOCATED 0.4 NM
NORTHEAST OF THE HEADQUARTERS AREA, CONSISTS OF TEN BARRACKS, ONE MESSHALL,
ONE MONITOR-ROOF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE SERVICE RACKS,
FIVE VEHICLE STORAGE SHED (ONE WITH 12 BAYS), ONE POSSIBLE STORAGE BUILDING,
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AND TEN SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS. AN ADJACENT SECURED STORAGE AREA
CONTAINS NINE POSSIBLE MUNITIONS STORAGE BUILDINGS AND SIX STORAGE/SUPPORT
BUILDINGS.
OB -- ONE CARGO TRUCK AND ONE POSSIBLE TANK TRUCK.
INSTALLATION 5 -- (SEE INSET) A SECURED PROBABLE ARMORED BATTALION
LOCATED 0.3 NM NORTH OF THE HEADQUARTERS AREA, AT 40-04N 117-17E CONSISTS
OF EIGHT BARRACKS, ONE POSSIBLE MESSHALL, ONE FURNACE BUILDING, ONE SMALL
MONITOR-ROOF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE SERVICE RACKS, TWO
VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, SIX SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS, ONE WATERTOWER AND
A PROBABLE SUB-CALIBER FIRING RANGE.
OB -- FOUR T-54-TYPE TANKS (THREE CANVAS COVERED)
INSTALLATION 6 -- A SECURED AMMUNITION STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY ONE NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE HEADQUARTERS AREA CONSISTS OF TWO
POSSIBLE BARRACKS, FIVE SUPPORT BUILDINGS, 11 MEDIUM ARCH-ROOF STORAGE
BUILDINGS (POSSIBLY REVETTED), EIGHT SMALL REVETTED ARCH-ROOF STORAGE BUILDINGS,
AND ONE POSSIBLE BULK STORAGE BUILDING.
INSTALLATION 7 -- A SECURED BATTALION-SIZE AREA LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
ONE NM NORTH OF THE HEADQUARTERS AREA CONSISTS OF NINE BARRACKS, ONE BARRACKS/
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE MESSHALL, ONE SMALL MONITOR-ROOF VEHICLE MAINTEN-
ANCE BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS (ONE WITH EIGHT BAYS AND ONE WITH
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BUILDINGS, AND A WATER TOWER.
OB -- ONE CARGO TRUCK.
(NOTE: THE FUNCTION OF THIS BATTALION SIZE AREA IS UNDETERMINED).
INSTALLATION 8 -- (SEE INSET) CHIHSIEN PROBABLE ARMORED MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIR FACILITY APPROXIMATELY FOUR NM NORTHEAST OF
CHIHSIEN AT 40-05N 117-20E. THIS WALL-SECURED FACILITY CONSISTS OF ONE
LARGE MONITOR-ROOFED MAINTENANCE BUILDING WITH TWO VEHICLE SERVICE RACKS
AT ONE END AND, A SMALL MONITOR-ROOFED BUILDING, ONE PROBABLE VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE SHOP, THREE PROBABLE WORKSHOPS, FOUR STORAGE BUILDINGS, ONE
VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDING, ONE POSSIBLE VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDING, SIX BARRACKS,
ONE BARRACKS/STORAGE BUILDING, ONE MESSHALL, ONE WATER TOWER, AND 14 SMALL
SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDING.
OB -- THREE CARGO TRUCKS.
INSTALLATION 9 -- (SEE INSET) CHIHSIEN ARMY BARRACKS EAST AL 3
4.5 NM EAST-NORTHEAST OF CHIHSIEN AT 40-04-OON 117-29-40E. 25X1
THIS SECURED HEADQUARTERS SIZE AREA CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 28 BARRACKS,
SIX QUARTERS, TWO SMALL POSSIBLE BARRACKS, ONE LARGE MULTI-STORY C-SHAPED
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE AUDITORIUM, TWO MESSHALLS, TWO FURNACE BUILDINGS,
15 SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND FOUR PROBABLE STORAGE BUILDINGS. A SMALL SECURED
AREA IMMEDIATELY WEST CONTAINS NINE BARRACKS, ONE MESSHALL, ONE FURNACE
BUI ONE SMALL
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POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, AND ONE VEHICLE SERVICE RACK.
OB -- ONE CARGO TRUCK AND THREE OTHER TRUCKS.
INSTALLATION 10 -- MASHENCHIAO MILITARY INSTALLATION, BE NONE, 2.5 NM
WEST OF MASHENCHIAO AT 40-04-40N 117-32-20E. THIS SECURED INSTALLATION
CONSISTS OF FOUR BARRACKS, ONE POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, ONE FURNACE
BUILDING, TWO POSSIBLE WORKSHOPS, TWO POSSIBLE VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS,
TWO LARGE BUILDINGS (CONNECTED BY A POSSIBLE RAMP SEVEN SUPPORT/STORAGE
BUILDINGS) AND ONE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
INSTALLATION 11 -- MASHENCHIAO ARMY BARRACKS, BE NONE, 2.5 NM WEST-
NORTHWEST OF MASHENCHIAO AT 40-05-35N 117-32-30E. THIS WALL-SECURED BATTALION-
SIZE INSTALLATION CONSISTS OF SIX BARRACKS, FOUR SMALL BARRACKS, ONE POSSIBLE
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE MESSHALL, ORE FURNACE BUILDING, AND SEVEN SMALL
SUPPORT BUILDINGS. A TANK MAINTENANCE AREA CONTAINS ONE SMALL MONITOR-ROOF
MAINTENANCE BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE SERVICE RACKS, TWO VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS
(ONE WITH EIGHT BAYS), ONE SMALLER VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDING WITH FOUR BAYS,
AND TWO SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS. A SUB-CALIBER FIRING RANGE IS ADJACENT
TO THE FACILITY AND AN ACTIVE TRACKED-VEHICLE DRIVER-TRAINING COURSE IS
IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST.
OB -- TWO CANVAS COVERED PROBABLE T-34-TYPE ARV, AND ONE UNIDENTIFIED
VEHICLE.
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INSTALLATION 12 -- MASHENCHIAO BARRACKS NORTHEAST AL 1,
2.2 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MASHENCHIAO AT 40-06-35N 117-37-20E. THIS
SECURED PROBABLE ARMORED BATTALION CONSISTS OF EIGHT BARRACKS, ONE MESSHALL,
ONE SMALL MONITOR-ROOFED VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, ONE POSSIBLE VEHICLE
STORAGE BUILDING'AND 14 SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDINGS. A TRACKED-VEHICLE, DRIVER-
TRAINING COURSE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0.3 NM TO THE EAST.
OB -- NINE CANVAS-COVERED POSSIBLE TANKS AND TEN POSSIBLE VEHICLES.
INSTALLATION 13, 14, AND 15 -- ARE PARTS OF HSINCHANG ARMY BARRACKS
SOUTH AL 1 2.4 NM SOUTH OF HSINCCHANG AT 40-o6-25N 117-42-35E. 25X1
INSTALLATION 13 -- THE MAIN PART OF ARMY BARRACKS SOUTH AL 1 CONSISTS OF 18
BARRACKS, FOUR QUARTERS-TYPE BUILDINGS, ONE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE AUDITORIUM,
ONE MESSHALL, ONE PROBABLE MESSHALL, ONE FURNACE BUILDING, ONE VEHICLE
STORAGE BUILDING, ONE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE/STORAGE BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE
SERVICE RACKS, ONE SWIMMING POOL, ONE WATER TOWER, AND 17 SMALL SUPPORT
BUILDINGS.
INSTALLATION 14 -- A SECOND BARRACKS AREA OF THE ARMY BARRACK SOUTH AL 1
AT 40-06-4ON 117-43-OOE CONSISTS OF 12 BARRACKS, ONE MESSHALL, TWO VEHICLE
STORAGE BUILDINGS, (PROBABLY 12 BAYS EACH), ONE SMALL POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE SHOP,
ONE VEHICLE SERVICE RACK, AND NINE SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
INSTALLATION 15 -- A THIRD BARRACKS AREA OF THE ARMY BARRACKS SOUTH AL 1,
IS 0.9 NM SOUTHWEST AT 40-05-4ON 117-42-05E CONSISTS OF 12 BARRACKS, ONE
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MESSHALL, TWO VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, (PROBABLY 12 BAYS EACH), ONE
VEHICLE SERVICE RACK AND TEN SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
AREA B - A PROBABLE ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL SIZED AREA CONSISTS OF A
HEADQUARTERS AND TWO BARRACKS AREAS. THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THIS REGIMENTAL
SIZE AREA IS PROBABLY (INSTALLATION 1) SANHO ARMY BARRACKS NORTH, BE NONE,
3.5 NM NORTH OF SANHO AT 40-01-50N 117-05-40E. THIS PROBABLY SECURED AREA
CONSISTS OF 20 BARRACKS-TYPE BUILDINGS, ONE MULTI-STORY PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS
BUILDING, ONE AUDITORIUM, ONE MSSSHALL, ONE POSSIBLE MESSHALL, FOUR VEHICLE
STORAGE BUILDINGS, ONE POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, AND AT LEAST TEN
SUPPORT BUILDINGS. A SMALL SECURED-STORAGE AREA CONTAINING TWO STORAGE
BUILDINGS IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH.
INSTALLATION 2 -- A BARRACKS AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE HEADQUARTERS AT
40-01-20N 117-05-4OE CONSISTS OF 24 BARRACKS-TYPE BUILDINGS, ONE LARGE PROBABLE
MESSHALL, ONE LONG STORAGE-TYPE BUILDING, AND 14 SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDING.
OB -- THREE POSSIBLE VEHICLES.
INSTALLATION 3--- A BARRACKS AREA APPROXIMATELY 0.3 NM SOUTHEAST OF
THE HEADQUARTERS CONSISTS OF EIGHT BARRACKS, TWO POSSIBLE BARRACKS, ONE
MESSHALL, FOUR VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT STORAGE BUILDINGS, AND FIVE SUPPORT
BUILDINGS.
OB -- THREE POSSIBLE FIELD ARTILLERY PIECES.
AREA C (SEE INSET) -- A WALL-SECURED PROBABLE ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
BATT
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OF CHIHSIEN AT 40-00-30N 117-25-20E. THIS WALL-SECURED PROBABLE ANTIAIRCRAFT
ARTILLERY BATTALION CONSISTS OF FIVE BARRACKS, THREE PROBABLE BARRACKS, FIVE
SMALL BARRACKS/SUPPORT BUILDINGS, ONE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE MESSHALL,
TWO VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS. (WITH 12 BAYS EACH), ONE SMALL PROBABLE
MAINTENANCE BUILDING, TWO STORAGE BUILDINGS, FIVE SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDINGS,
TEN SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS, ONE FURNACE BUILDING, AND A PARADE/EXERCISE FIELD.
TWO SMALL PROBABLE AMMUNITION STORAGE BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF AN
EQUIPMENT PARKING AREA WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THE FACILITY.
OB -- AT LEAST TEN 37/57 MM AAA PIECES, NINE ZPU-4 AAHMG, AND 11 CARGO TRUCKS.
AREA D -- A PROBABLE ARMORED REGIMENTAL SIZE AREA IS LOCATED EXTENDING
EAST FROM PIEHSHAN. THIS REGIMENTAL SIZE AREA CONTAINS TEN INSTALLATIONS,
WITH ITS POSSIBLE HEADQUARTERS AT YUTIEN ARMY BARRACKS AL 3 (INSTALLATION 8)
INSTALLATION 1 -- PIEHSHAN ARMY BARRACKS AL 2,~, 0.5 NM 25X1
NORTH OF PIEHSHAN AT 39-58-OON 117-29-4OE. THIS INSTALLATION CONSISTS OF TWO
SEPARATELY SECURED AREAS; THE FIRST OF WHICH CONTAINS A PROBABLE ARMORED
BATTALION WITH EIGHT BARRACKS, ONE BARRACKS/ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE
MESSHALL, ONE SMALL MONITOR-ROOFED VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE
STORAGE BUILDINGS, SIX SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND A POSSIBLE SUB-CALIBER FIRING
RANGE JUST TO THE NORTH. THE AREA JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRST AREA
CONTAINS EIGHT VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS AND ONE STORAGE/SUPPORT BUILDING.
OB -- FIVE UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
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INSTALLATION 2 -- PIEHSHAN ARMY BARRACKS NORTHEAST, BE NONE, ONE NM
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PIEHSHAN AT 39-48-25N 117-30-30E. THIS PROBABLE ARMORED
BATTALION-SIZE UNIT CONSISTS OF A SECURED BARRACKS AREA WITH NINE BARRACKS,
ONE MESSHALL, TWO SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDINGS, FIVE SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS
AND A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AREA WITH ONE SMALL MONITOR-ROOFED VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE BUILDING, TWO VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, TWO PROBABLE VEHICLE
SERVICE RACKS, AND TWO SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
INSTALLATION 3 -- PIEHSHAN ARMY BARRACKS AL 2
OF PIEHSHAN AT 39-57-30N 117-33-20E. THIS SECURED-BARRACKS AREA CONSISTS OF
TEN BARRACKS, FIVE POSSIBLE BARRACKS, ONE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE
ADMINISTRATION/BARRACKS BUILDING, ONE MESSHALL, THREE VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS,
ONE POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, AND AT LEAST 15 SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDINGS.
INSTALLATION 4 -- PIEHSHAN ARMY BARRACKS AL 31 1 2.8 NM
SOUTHEAST OF PIEHSHAN AT 39-56-15N 117-32-55E. THIS SECURED PROBABLE ARMORED
BATTALION CONSISTS OF EIGHT BARRACKS, ONE MESSHALL, TWO PROBABLE STORAGE/
SUPPORT BUILDINGS, ONE MONITOR-ROOFED VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, THREE
VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, AT LEAST TEN SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDINGS, AND ONE WATER
TOWER. A SUB=CALIBER FIRING RANGE IS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST, AND A
TRACKED VEHICLE DRIVER-TRAINING COURSE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0.5 NM NORTH.
OB -- ONE POSSIBLE TRACKED VEHICLE.
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NORTHWEST OF YUTIEN AT 39-57-25N 117-38-20E. THIS PROBABLE SUPPORT FACILITY
CONSISTS OF 15 BARRACKS-TYPE BUILDINGS, ONE MESSHALL, AND FOUR SUPPORT/
STORAGE BUILDINGS.
INSTALLATION 6 -- YUTIEN ARMY BARRACKS AL 5, 5.6 NM 25X1
NORTHWEST OF YUTIEN AT 39-56-55N 117-39-50E. THIS SECURED PROBABLE ARMORED
BATTALION CONSISTS OF TEN BARRACKS, FIVE POSSIBLE BARRACKS, ONE SMALL POSSIBLE
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE LARGE PROBABLE MESSHALL, ONE SMALL MONITOR-ROOFED
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, FOUR VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, TWO SMALL STORAGE
BUILDINGS, AT LEAST 12 SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND A POSSIBLE SUB-CALIBER FIRING
RANGE JUST TO THE NORTHEAST.
INSTALLATION 7 -- YUTIEN ARMY BARRACKS AL 4, 4.2 NM 25X1
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF YUTIEN AT 39-56-4ON 117-42-30E. THIS SECURED INSTALLATION
CONSISTS OF EIGHT BARRACKS, THREE BARRACKS/SUPPORT BUILDINGS, ONE SMALL
AI%IINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE MESSHALL, ONE PROBABLE WHEELED-VEHICLE STORAGE
BUILDING, ONE POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, SIX SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND A
WATER TOWER. THIS IS PROBABLY A SUPPORT UNIT.
INSTALLATION 8 --YUTIEN ARMY BARRACKS AL 3, 3.6 NM 25X1
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF YUTIEN AT 39-56-25N 117-43-20E. THIS SECURED INSTALLATION
CONSISTS OF 24 BARRACKS, TWO MESSHALLS, ONE LARGE AUDITORIUM, THREE VEHICLE
STORAGE BUILDINGS, AND AT LEAST 15 SUPPORT/STORAGE BUILDINGS.
INSTALLATION 9 -- (NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC) YUTIEM ARMY BARRACKS NORTH,
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BE NONE, 3.2 NM NORTH OF YUTIEN AT 39-56-1ON 117-45-30E. THIS SECURED
PROBABLE ARMORED BATTALION CONSISTS OF EIGHT BARRACKS, FOUR BARRACKS-TYPE
BUILDINGS, ONE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE MESSHALL, ONE MONITOR-ROOFED
PROBABLE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, FOUR VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDINGS, FIVE
SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS, ONE WATER TOWER, AND TWO SUB-CALIBER FIRING RANGES.
INSTALLATION 10 -- (NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC) YUTIEN ARMY BARRACKS AL 2,
THREE NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF YUTIEN AT 39-55-30N 117-46-50E. 25X1
THIS SECURED BARRACKS AREA CONSISTS OF 18 BARRACKS, ONE ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING, ONE LARGE MESSHALL, AND AT LEAST TEN SUPPORT BUILDINGS. A VEHICLE
PARKING AREA ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF THE INSTALLATION CONTAINS AT LEAST 45 VEHICLES
(30 APPEAR TO BE CANVAS COVERED).
AREA E -- A POSSIBLE INFANTRY REGIMENT IS LOCATED IN TIaO AREAS CENTERED
AT YUTIEN ARMY BARRACKS AL 1 ON THE WEST EDGE OF YUTIEN AT 39-53-OON 117-44-05E.
THIS POSSIBLE INFANTRY REGIMENT CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATELY-SECURED AREAS. THE
FIRST OF WHICH CONTAINS 22 BARRACKS, ONE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ONE C-SHAPED
ADMINISTRATION/BARRACKS BUILDING, ONE POSSIBLE MESSHALL, AND 33 STORAGE/
SUPPORT BUILDINGS. THE SECOND AREA JUST TO THE SOUTH CONTAINS EIGHT BARRACKS,
TIC PROBABLE BARRACKS, FOUR STORAGE BUILDINGS(POSSIBLY FOR VEHICLES), AND FIVE
SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
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should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re.
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
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